The American Lawyer Names Richard Lloyd as Chief European Correspondent

The American Lawyer(R) magazine today announced the appointment of
Richard Lloyd as chief European correspondent for the magazine,
effective January 1 2007. Lloyd, who will be based in London,
currently serves as deputy editor of Legal Business magazine, a U.K.
publication. Lloyd will serve as the magazine's lead reporter on law
firm and legal business developments throughout the U.K. and
continental Europe, reporting to Aric Press, editor in chief of the
magazine. He will also provide content for ALM's other print and
online legal media.

Lloyd has been affiliated with Legalease Publishing, the owner of
Legal Business, since 2000, having served as a reporter, senior
reporter, corporate editor and features editor for the magazine, prior
to being named deputy editor in March 2006. Previously, he had served
as a researcher and corporate editor for the company's annual Legal
500 series. He is a graduate of Nottingham University and resides in
London.

"We're delighted with Richard's decision to join The American
Lawyer," said Press. "His experience and contacts among the leading
firms in the U.K. and Europe will enable us to significantly expand
our coverage of these key markets and to extend our reporting on U.S.
firms in these regions."

The American Lawyer is the legal industry's leading monthly
magazine. Read by partners at corporate law firms, in-house counsel,
government lawyers, and litigators at firms of all sizes, its
trailblazing features about attorneys and the work they do has led to
23 National Magazine Award nominations and five coveted awards for
general excellence, essays and criticism, and single-topic issues. The
magazine is published by ALM.

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